Alaska Senate votes to require public schools to teach CPR

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 258

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Alaska public school students would be required to learn hands-only CPR under a proposal advancing through the state legislature.

In a 19-0 vote on Wednesday, the Alaska Senate approved Senate Bill 20, which requires the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development to “adopt curricula to instruct public school students on hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation.”

Conventional CPR involves chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breathing, whereas hands-only CPR uses compressions alone.

Sen. Robert Yundt, R-Wasilla, was absent …

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